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Researchers develop temperature-controlled gene-editing method to potentially improve efforts to control disease-carrying insects

Researchers develop temperature-controlled gene-editing method to potentially improve efforts to control disease-carrying insects

New research presents promising results from an innovative technique that utilizes temperature control to genetically engineer sterile populations of insects, such as mosquitoes responsible for diseases like malaria, dengue, and other vector-borne illnesses.  

Elizabeth Frost

Alumna selected as an ASPPH/CDC Tribal Health Department Fellow

Alumna Elizabeth Frost, PhD, MPH, MSW, was recently selected as an Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)/Centers for Disease Control Tribal Health Department Fellow.

Benzer in front of bushes

Building on Pandemic Lessons

A new publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine calls on healthcare leaders to preserve one of the most important lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic: the power of organizational culture in sustaining continuous learning and improvement across health systems.

UTHealth Houston leadership poses for a photo at the SPH listening tour.

President’s listening tour focuses on the future of public health

President Melina Kibbe, MD, continued her university-wide listening tour with a stop at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Dec. 5.





A 50-year collection of conferences, classes, and chance happenings

Andrew James, MS, DrPH and Charlene Hunter James, MPH, pictured at 2017 APHA National Conference (Photo: James' Family)

February 14, 2023

They would both enter new experiences in public health, continuing to advocate for the underserved. Together they championed the benefits of public health and instilled their devotion into the child they welcomed into the fold. This year, they will celebrate 42 years of marriage.



Common genetic variants associated with BMI in middle-aged people result in a higher risk for cardiovascular disease in people born after 1960

Common genetic variants associated with BMI in middle-aged people result in a higher risk for cardiovascular disease in people born after 1960

February 7, 2023

The researchers analyzed four birth cohorts spanning three generations of the Framingham Heart Study, starting from birth before 1932 and birth after 1960. Their work concluded that there was a larger effect of a higher genetic predisposition to obesity, as modeled by a genetic risk score, on BMI in people born more recently compared to almost a century ago.


Center for Health Equity Launches at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Center for Health Equity launches at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

February 1, 2023

The Center for Health Equity will create, advance, and sustain research opportunities spanning the continuum of care to improve understanding of disease and health disparities, including the structural, behavioral, environmental, social, economic, and health literacy factors related to the prevention and control of chronic disease across the lifespan.





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